Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 29, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba Continued from previous Page 9 30 p. M., Field on waa property for the firefighters at the airports emergency response service the memory of Swissair 111 s crash in 1998 at Peggy is Cove n. S., is a constant reminder to remain Alert. Sixteen firefighters work Here in shifts of four around the clock based in a Small building on the southwestern Corner of the airports property. Almost three quarters of their Calls Are for medical incidents some on planes unexpectedly grounded at the Airport. When the Buzzer sounds at the fire station firefighters hit the ground running. This place clears out in seconds says capt. Jim Abram who Heads the Crew. Everybody is trained to think in those terms. Our training is always for the worst Case scenario and our response is always for the worst Case scenario. We Start at this is the worst thing that can happen a and As the incident progresses we step Back from there. Whenever a plane declares an emergency we assume its going to crash. We keep eliminating until we can stand the incident Down. Five hours before an 82 year old woman tumbled Down an escalator. The Petite woman was soothed by two Airport firefighters before being taken away by wheelchair for further examination. The Day before a team rushed to a grounded cd 65 twin engine Jet that made an unscheduled Landing in Winnipeg because of smoke inside the plane. The incident was resolved safely but Abram says the lesson is Clear stay vigilant. Tonight the fire Crew has taken a $ 1.2 million Oshkosh striker 3000 out to a Northwestern Field of the Airport property to practise. They re extinguishing an antiquated plane placed there for training and a firefighter is using a specialized nozzle on the vehicle to extend about three storeys in the air to Spray Down the Side of the plane. The Crew with help from aircraft firefighters stationed at the 17 Wing military base practise removing weighted dummies from deep Snow. Each Dummy weighs an estimated 150 pounds and the firefighters drag them from the area surrounding the plane to safety. In a True emergency corpses would not be moved until crash investigators arrived. We try not to move any dead bodies and we try not to move any debris says one firefighter. Its All part of figuring out what happened to this aircraft. Saturday 1 40 a. M., cargo apron Northeast of air terminal a Boeing 727 carrying freight Rolls by. Within seconds a White mechanics truck and a fuelling truck have pulled up alongside the White cargo plane As it comes to a halt preparing the Jet to Fly again. The Airport duty manager for tonight Terry Parkin has taken me onto the cargo apron where the planes Are unloading enormous pieces of freight. The ones coming off this flight Are Clear containers the size of Garden Sheds packed with boxes that fit inside the cargo Bay of the plane. I count 14 Large cargo or passenger planes sitting on aprons thick Cement where cargo aircraft stay overnight or while they Are loading or unloading their freight. The apron leads to a taxiway which leads to the runway where planes take off. Employees Are moving briskly around the vehicles As freight is lifted off by Large machines and then loaded onto rolling Flats. The workers Are dwarfed by the containers they re examining leaving Clouds of frosty breath in the air As they Dart around the shipments. The containers Are pulled away to be sorted inside nearby buildings a labour intensive process. The airports authority estimates it takes 43 full time employees to process a plane. Thatus More than the average of 23 workers who process a passenger plane. Tonight is one of the heaviest nights of the year for cargo according to a shipping employee who pulls up alongside us. Saturday 2 30 a. M., third floor air terminal observation Tower its hushed on the dimly lit third floor of the Airport a romantic setting that boasts a spectacular View of an Airport Field where cargo and passenger planes Are buzzing below regardless of the late hour. Here those waiting for friends and family sit and watch the almost aquarium like action on the Field below the soothing to and fro of planes at the airports nine Gates. Tonight scheduling where each plane will Gate is especially perplexing for duty managers thanks to the Start of charter season. Fake baked canadians Clad in hawaiian shirts Are already lined up downstairs for a 4 30 a. Flight to Mexico. Metres away fou year old Natalie Williamson is sleeping in a Luggage cart with her hands covering her eyes after a late night flight from Orlando. The observation deck was recently Home to an aboriginal drum ceremony organized by two Sisters separated by adoption and one Winnipeg police officer from the eight person Winnipeg police service Airport unit stationed Here tells me he has known students studying for exams to set up in the lounge. Ism hoping no one will notice a reporter curled up with her Laptop bag sleeping under her Down coat. For the next three and a half hours no one does. Gabrielle. Giro Day free press. . Ca saturday special Winnipeg free press saturday december 29, 2007 Winnipeg repress. Com a7 future shop correction notice Frigidaire 4.1 cd. It. Easy clean Ceran Range 10094786. On Page 4 of the dec 28th Jan 3rd boxing flyer it states that this Range is self clean when infant this Range is a easy clean Range. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this May have caused our valued customers. 2400 Mcphillips St. Sales hotline includes mpg 1 800 583 1171 wow. open 24 hours wow. open 24 hours wow. 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